731.28
Ordinances and measures proposed by initiative petition.

Ordinances and other
measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the
constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly
may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain
the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the number of electors who
voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of
governor in the municipal corporation.

When a petition is filed
with the city auditor or village clerk, signed by the required number of
electors proposing an ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall,
after ten days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed ordinance
or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the
petition to the board together with the certified copy of the proposed
ordinance or other measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the
petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who
signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or
clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting
to the number of such electors who signed the petition.

The board shall submit such
proposed ordinance or measure for the approval or rejection of the electors of
the municipal corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to
ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the
sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board of elections.
No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative petition and approved by a
majority of the electors voting upon the measure in such municipal corporation
shall be subject to the veto of the mayor.

As used in this section,
"certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting it is a
true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other
measure.